National Tide 1980.

Chapter 123 Advantages

Children, children, don't be greedy, after Laba is the new year.

Laba porridge, drink for a few days, mile la la 23.

23. Tanggua sticky.

24. Write pairs.

25. Frozen tofu.

26. Go buy meat.

27. Slaughter the New Year Chicken.

28. Hair the face.

29. Steamed buns.

Staying up all night at thirty nights, twisting and twisting on the New Year's Eve...

This is a Chinese New Year folk song that is familiar to people in the old capital.

But the scenes of being busy for the Chinese New Year described in folk songs have actually gradually disappeared since the end of the 80s

Because if you read it in detail, it is not difficult to find.

Among the many preparations for the New Year described in this ballad, except for cleaning the house.

The rest, like frozen tofu, stewed meat, slaughtered roosters, and steamed buns, are all food preparation work for the New Year.

To put it bluntly, it is different from the era of great material abundance.

In the past, in addition to the expectation of family reunion, there was a yearning for a harmonious and beautiful family life.

Being able to pamper your appetite and let your family eat for a few days is the main content and real joy of Chinese New Year.

Yes, people did pay more attention to material things when looking forward to the New Year.

But this is also human nature.

People of that age would never be ashamed to admit it.

Because in the era of lack of clothing and food, if you can eat stew once, you can eat dumplings as much as you want.

For most people, there are probably only a few days of Chinese New Year in a year.

This will inevitably become the eternal expectation of people.

Based on this principle, then for ordinary people, the achievements of reform and opening up should naturally be reflected in the most significant and intuitive way through the supply of new year goods.

Like the Spring Festival supply for Beijing residents in 1981.

People have obviously discovered that the materials have been further enriched.

Eggs, white wine and half-negotiated rapeseed oil are no longer limited, and rice noodles and pork are quite sufficient.

Among the limited supply of food, additional items include scented tea [-] taels for [-] to [-] yuan per catty.

Two taels each of aniseed, yellow flower, and fungus, twenty catties of Chinese cabbage, one catty of tofu for food stamps, and one catty of soy products for grain stamps.

In addition, "Nanlaishun" in Caishikou has also added snacks such as "Misandao" that are not usually served.

This made the majority of the citizens of the capital look forward to the New Year's Eve dinner with an extremely relaxed mood.

As for Courtyard No. 2 of Fan'er Hutong, in terms of the standard of this year's New Year's goods, it far exceeds the overall level of the capital.

It can even be said to be the leader in the whole alley.

Why?

It is because these neighbors have their own unique advantages.

And everyone has a good relationship, especially united and friendly.

As long as those few families communicate with each other, can they live well this year?

Do not believe?If you don't believe me, come and see them one by one.

Let me talk about Mijia first.

Aunt Mi is an old man in the non-staple food store in the film.

No matter who is in the store, whether it is an employee or a leader, they have to give some favors.

With this internal response, everyone will not have to worry about purchasing limited supplies.

Although the purchase of new year goods is not as difficult as it was in the years before the reform, no one needs to queue up in the early morning.

But after all, you have to line up, right?

And things are different from things, there must be differences in texture.

With Aunt Mi guarding the gate internally, it means that only one person is on duty, and everyone is blessed.

Their Fan'er Hutong No. 2 Courtyard is different from other places.

Several families handed over the money and books to Aunt Mi in advance, and asked her to take care of the New Year's goods in a unified way.

In this way, of course, it is a good choice for things.

Pork is all good parts such as ribs, pork belly, and elbow.

Hairtails are all picked up and bundled up.

The eggs are also irradiated one by one with the light box, and there will never be any bad ones.

Dry goods such as vermicelli, yellow flowers and fungus will not be broken.

Soy products are all set aside, and each household can buy sesame paste for a fifth and ten cents more than the quota.

And there is no need to worry about how to buy and how to get it back.

Aunt Mi finished her stuff, so she called directly and asked Bian Jianjun, Luo Guangsheng, and Ning Weimin to come to the non-staple food store together.

Then I borrowed the tricycle in the store to load the things into the car, and just pulled it back.

Wait for the car to go back to the yard, and then get one point per head, which is very trouble-free.

So don't look at the Mi family with only two daughters, but they don't have to worry about working hard.

Sisters Mi Xiaoran and Mi Xiaohui just need to clear up a place to put things at home.

Secondly, let’s talk about the Bian family.

In today's Bianjia, apart from the fact that the boss, Bian Jianjun, can provide convenience for everyone to take a clean and comfortable bath a year ago.

There is also a second son who has made great achievements in the "polar bear" like a fish in water.

This kid not only brought back several boxes of extremely cheap discounted canned food, but also let the neighbors share them.

And at the ex-factory price, you can get the "polar bear" fist product that is difficult to buy on the market.

He can get everything like concentrated orange juice, concentrated bayberry juice, pineapple in syrup, lychee in syrup, canned sausage, canned quail eggs, canned duck with preserved vegetables, canned duck stewed with mushrooms, canned braised pork, canned hot and sour vegetables.

Especially Ning Weimin, if he wanted to buy something from Bian Jiangong, it would be easier than going to the Xidan Food Building.

Because it not only saves money and worry, but also can be refunded or replaced if it is not suitable.

Bian Jiangong also provided him with an urgent door-to-door service.

After a greeting, the time will arrive, and I will send it home directly.

It made Ning Weimin feel a little like Jingdong.

Then, it's time to talk about the Luo family.

Master Luo and Luo Guangsheng both work in the pastry factory in the district.

As a food worker, there is no benefit to that.

Under normal circumstances, in normal days, there are always some baked pastries in their factory, and some pastry residues, which will be disposed of at a low price to internal employees.

The Luo family and his son would often get it back, sharing the benefits with the neighbors.

Don't underestimate these defective products.

In the era of scarcity of materials, these things with oil and sugar are the things that can nourish people's stomachs the most.

Especially in those three years, to put it seriously, it could even save people's lives.

Therefore, any family in the No. 2 courtyard of Fan'er Hutong has received such benefits.

For many years, I have been grateful to have Luo's family as neighbors.

As for the time of the New Year, Master Luo still has a special heart for everyone.

That is to take my eldest son, take the time to use the things in the factory, and bake a batch of snacks with enough ingredients by myself.

Except for the ones given to the leaders, he will buy the others at the ex-factory price, so as to distribute them to neighbors, relatives and friends of each household.

In the words of Kang Shude, Master Luo is an authentic "Zhengmingzhai" craftsmanship.

In the era when there is only mechanized pastry production, and in the era when glutinous rice noodles and walnut cakes can be used as weapons.

Everyone can also have the opportunity to eat such authentic, newly baked traditional pastries.

That is undoubtedly a very rare blessing, a unique food enjoyment.

(End of this chapter)